Temperature It grows best where nights are above 64° and the humidity is high

Additional Care: A trick for outdoor culture in cold climates is to grow it in a pot during winter and to plunge the entire pot into a planting bed during the growing season. Before first frost, lift the potted plant out of the ground, root prune, and reduce top growth to the newest 2-3 leaves

Indoors:Lighting: Give full sun in winter and part shade in summer

Soil: Grow in a rich soil kept evenly moist

Temperature: Provide 65° nights and 80-85° days and high humidity

Appearance and Use:

In cold climates, this ornamental, non-edible banana is grown in containers for conservatory culture. In warmer climates it is grown outdoors. Outdoors it will grow 10-20 feet high and spread to 15 feet. Indoors, the size can be constrained by pruning. The exotic, evergreen, paddle-shaped leaves are very long and are olive-green with showy red midribs. The long leaves bend slightly downward creating an arching habit. Flower bracts are showy and colored green, purple, or red. Banana-like fruits are produced but they are inedible